29 As for the sons of Mera´ri, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
30 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
32 and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Mera´ri, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ith´amar the son of Aaron the priest.
34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Ko´hathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
35 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: